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can you be pregnant and have a period

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well me and my boyfriebd have been trying to get pregnant for 4 months in a 1/2 > my period was lighter and it lasted only 6 days. my belly usually goes down after my period is done but it is still swollen and sometimes i if i smell certain food i get nausa? could i be pregnant

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you CAN have your period when you are pregnant. I had mine for the first 2 months. You should read the other q&a about "can i have my period while preg." You'll be suprised at how many women actually do have a period in their early pregnancy.

The experts will say you cannot have your actual period while pregnant; however, I will tell you this-you can still bleed when you are pregnant, though it's not technically called your period. I had (what I thought was) my period for 2 months AFTER I was pregnant. I did not know I was pregnant initially, but that first 'period' was lighter than normal, though I know I used maybe 3 tampons-but it was lighter and shorter in duration than the norm. The next month, it was even lighter, no need for tampons--very light. By that point I was vomiting, sore breasts and such-but I still didn't realize I was pregnant. I went on to have a healthy daughter. My sister also had bleeding for one month with her pregnancy, too, and had a healthy baby, too. So bleeding after conception is possible, and hopefully it works out the way you hope!!

I have been a member of babycenter through my whole pregnancy...i'm 38 weeks along and looking forward to giving birth to my 2nd child, a son, sometime in the next 2-3 weeks. i work full time and usually don't have time to read or write in these things, but things are winding down & but i'm so infuriated by the answer posted earlier by "andbabymakes_3" that i just had to respond (i'm sure being a working mom is against her "rules" too). this also solidifies why i don't spend much time on these sites either - no need to infect myself with the rantings of ignorant people who clearly don't know what they are talking about MEDICALLY and also use this as a forum to attack other people with their own beliefs. everyone is entitled to their own ideas on any subject, however, but don't mix your rantings in with WRONG medical advice! good luck to all who are attempting or may be pregnant...EVEN WITH CONTINUED BLEEDING (shocker!)....my best friend also had bleeding AND a healthy baby girl.

first and foremost, it is not the regular menstrual period at all.during a period of fertilization, a zygote(fertilized egg) attempts to implant itself to the lining of the uterus, this can cause cramping and a little discomfort to the mother. Moreover, it is also casued by cervical changes, when your pregnant, more blood flows into your cervix. Stress is another factor as well.Vaginal Bleeding occurs especially during the 1st trimester, and is another sign of miscarriage, HOWEVER, doesn't always necessarily mean a miscarriage, in fact most women who experienced vaginal bleeding deliver healthy babies.

with my 1st child i had a period for 4 months. i didn't find out i was pregnant until 4 months!!! i thought that you couldn't have one if you were pregnant. the dr. told me that your body just thinks it is time and tricks itself into bleeding. it was a little lighter and a little shorter though. i am 20 weeks with my 2nd and i didn't bleed at all. i guess it just depends:)

My mother had period like bleeding for 6 months and the doctor told her that she was imagining being pregnant. All tests were negative, she went to have an ultrasound at 6 months and there was the baby on screen. 3 months later my brother was born.

Wondering if im pregnant. Me and my husband had unprotected sex not to long ago and i had some cramping 4 days before i got my period now that i got my period it was kind of early... at first it was light witch is unusual because i bleed heavy now it's a little heavy.. its the 3rd day and im still cramping like crazy is this a sign of pregnancy? By the way i have a 1 year old and i was cramping bad went to the doctor they said i wasn't pregnant then went back 2 days later and they told me i was pregnant no bleeding or spotting threw out my whole pregnancy!

Soi have similar story had blood work done not even 2 weeks ago and it came up negative I got what I thought is my period but it was a few days late im on day 5 and had light spotting but then all of a sudden the bleeding got heavy again I feel super sick to my stomach and im cramping again has anyone ever has weird things like this when they found out they were pregnant or is it just wishful thinking :( if I took a test would I get a true response????

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